Training Programs

The purpose Training Program is to facilitate and further professional development of trainees, including clinical and conceptualization skills and relationship-building abilities in the context of a supportive, growth-enhancing environment. Training opportunities currently include a doctoral level practicum and are being expanded to include future opportunities for pre-doctoral interns. Post-doctoral fellowships have been offered in the past and inquiries about future possibilities should be directed to the SCC Director, Dr. Bruce Lochner.

The Training program is designed so that trainees can individualize their training experience, emphasizing areas that fit well with their own interests, desired growth areas, and skills. For example, a trainee with strong interest in outreach programming may choose to focus on this aspect of the experience, while an trainee who may be more interested in group counseling may choose to develop and co-facilitate a group. Trainees may choose to focus on particular areas such as suicide prevention training (link to QPR) and sexual assault prevention and response.

Trainees will work with university students coping with a variety of concerns such as relationships, life transitions, loss and grief, self-image, depression, eating issues, anxiety, stress, career choices; and in some cases, alcohol and other drug abuse. Trainees will have the opportunity to work with short-term clients as well as to provide longer-term counseling, as appropriate to client needs.